Connecting to mail server via IP adress

Submitted by mdelorimier on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 15:53

Hi,

I'm installing virtualmin for a website and would like to try the mail server before pointing the domain to the server. Therefore i would like to conect to the pop server using the ip adress.

Also this server is hosted on Amazon, do you have any suggestions about the server's network configuration?

Thanks

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Submitted by andreychek on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 18:55

Howdy -- there shouldn't be any problem in doing that. It should be no problem to access IMAP/POP by using the IP address.

It's also no problem to use Amazon, just make sure that when you go into System Settings -> Re-Check Config, that it doesn't notice any problems.

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:03

Thank you for the fast reply. I am also mistified by the internal and external IP.

The problem i am getting is when i connect via the ip and use the wrong password, i get a wrong password error. When i connect with the right password, i get disconnected from the server error message.

Thank you very much

Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:07

Do you see any errors in the mail logs when that happens? The mail logs are located in /var/log/mail.log, or /var/log/maillog, depending on your distro.

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:15

I will definetly verify that.

You guys are realy fast!!!

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:24

All i seem to get is : Jun 11 19:21:31 domU-12-31-39-15-3D-FA postfix/smtpd[25973]: connect from modemcable100.192-20-96.mc.videotron.ca[96.20.192.100] Jun 11 19:21:31 domU-12-31-39-15-3D-FA postfix/smtpd[25973]: lost connection after AUTH from modemcable100.192-20-96.mc.videotron.ca[96.20.192.100] Jun 11 19:21:31 domU-12-31-39-15-3D-FA postfix/smtpd[25973]: disconnect from modemcable100.192-20-96.mc.videotron.ca[96.20.192.100]

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:35

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Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:48

I don't see any obvious error there, and typically IMAP/POP work without any problems or configuration requirements.

Out of curiosity, are you able to login when connecting to Usermin on port 20000?

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:56

Yes i am able to connect to Usermin

Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 15:06

Well, I unfortunately can't read non-English messages (it looks like your error is in French).

However, since it does work using Usermin, and you aren't seeing any errors when connecting from your other client -- that may mean the problem you're having is specific to your email client.

You may wish to try another client, and see if you have different results.

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 15:08

Sory for the french, Essentialy it means "connection to host lost"

I've tryed connectiong with my gmail interface and got the same error.

Submitted by mdelorimier on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 15:59

Hi,

Here is the error i get in englis : Connection closed by remote host: The other server terminated our connection. Please contact your other email provider for more information.

Submitted by mdelorimier on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 14:41

Here is some more detail related to this issue :

i have 2 IP Adress (one internal and one is my elastic ip - amazon) : internal : 10.70.73.37 external : 23.23.227.122

How should i configure the server so that emails work? currently when i set a domain to be on the external ip, the http server dose not work.

The error i am getting is : "550 550 5.1.1 mdelorimier@openmind-gear.net: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table (state 13)."

Submitted by andreychek on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:49

Out of curiosity, which Virtualmin version are you using there -- is that Pro or GPL? Thanks!